Thursday, August 18, 2011

s'mores cupcakes

This post is long overdue! Way back in June, we went on a family camping trip with my friend Reggie and her friend Showshan. I wanted to make something for dessert, and since s'mores are the ultimate camping dessert, I made s'mores cupcakes! I've actually wanted to make these cupcakes for some time now, after seeing these s'mores cupcakes from Xiaolu at 6 Bittersweets. But I never had an occasion until now.

Since Reggie's daughter is allergic to dairy, I changed the recipe slightly. At the bottom of the cupcake was a graham cracker crust, which I made with oil instead of butter. Then came a moist chocolate cake, with which I substituted soymilk instead of milk.

Then it was all topped with a marshmallow frosting. The original recipe called for a frosting made with whipped uncooked egg whites, but since I knew we'd be camping and didn't want to have to worry about keeping the cupcakes cool, I made this homemade marshmallow frosting instead. All it contained was water, gelatin, and sugar - and it tasted exactly like marshmallows!

Once the marshmallow frosting was whipped to the right consistency, I piped it on as fast as I could before it cooled and set. By the time I piped the last few cupcakes, the marshmallow frosting had become so difficult to pipe, it was like squeezing a giant solid marshmallow through the piping tip!

The final touch was toasting the marshmallow frosting with my creme brulee torch. I wanted the frosting to be like freshly toasted marshmallows while we were camping, so I even brought my torch along to the campsite! Hope everyone enjoyed them!

14 comments:

These look so yummy -- I hope you enjoyed them! They're still some of the best cupcakes I've ever made. Were the proportions about right for the base and cake? When I made the original recipe they were totally off so I adjusted the one I posted on my site. Good call on using a non-perishable frosting. LOL that you brought your torch camping. Totally something I'd do too ;p.

@Lauren at Keep It Sweet - yes they were yummy, but best when the frosting was freshly bruleed :)

@Xiaolu @ 6 Bittersweets - the proportions worked out fine for me, i used the recipe on the martha stewart site. i think next time i'll have to try the original egg white frosting though, because while the marshmallow frosting tasted great freshly bruleed, once cold it was kind of dense like a marshmallow and would almost come off the cupcake with the first bite!

I've been waiting for this one! ;) Regular s'mores will never be the same. Not only did they look amazing but they tasted even more amazing! :) And the best part was that R was able to eat the same delicious treat (x3 or 4, I lost count...;P) that everyone else was eating. :) You're the best!!! XOXO